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Minimizing Resurgence of Destructive Behavior Using Behavioral Momentum Theory
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Fisher, Wayne W.; Greer, Brian D.; Fuhrman, Ashley M.; Saini, Valdeep; Simmons, Christina A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2018
The resurgence of destructive behavior can occur during functional communication training (FCT) if the alternative response contacts a challenge (e.g., extinction). Behavioral momentum theory (BMT) suggests that refinements to FCT could mitigate resurgence of destructive behavior during periods of extinction. Following a functional analysis and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Communication Strategies, Behavior Modification, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Evaluating Competing Activities to Enhance Functional Communication Training during Reinforcement Schedule Thinning
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Fuhrman, Ashley M.; Greer, Brian D.; Zangrillo, Amanda N.; Fisher, Wayne W. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2018
Arranging periods in which requests for reinforcement are denied in a multiple schedule may result in increased destructive behavior during these periods for individuals who receive functional communication training (FCT) as treatment for severe destructive behavior. Providing access to competing activities during periods of reinforcer…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Communication Strategies, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
Increasing Play-Based Commenting in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using a Novel Script-Frame Procedure
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Groskreutz, Mark P.; Peters, Amy; Groskreutz, Nicole C.; Higbee, Thomas S. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2015
Children with developmental disabilities may engage in less frequent and more repetitious language than peers with typical development. Scripts have been used to increase communication by teaching one or more specific statements and then fading the scripts. In the current study, preschoolers with developmental disabilities experienced a novel…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Preschool Children, Play
Providing Alternative Reinforcers to Facilitate Tolerance to Delayed Reinforcement Following Functional Communication Training
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Austin, Jillian E.; Tiger, Jeffrey H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2015
The earliest stages of functional communication training (FCT) involve providing immediate and continuous reinforcement for a communicative response (FCR) that is functionally equivalent to the targeted problem behavior. However, maintaining immediate reinforcement is not practical, and the introduction of delays is associated with increased…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Strategies, Behavior Problems
Generalization of Negatively Reinforced Mands in Children with Autism
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Groskreutz, Nicole C.; Groskreutz, Mark P.; Bloom, Sarah E.; Slocum, Timothy A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2014
Each day, people encounter stimuli they find unpleasant. Some children with autism may require systematic instruction to acquire the communication skills necessary to request the termination of such aversive stimuli. We taught 2 school-aged boys with autism a mand (e.g., signing "stop") that could be used to escape a variety of aversive…
Descriptors: Autism, Stimuli, Responses, Males
A Component Analysis of Schedule Thinning during Functional Communication Training
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Betz, Alison M.; Fisher, Wayne W.; Roane, Henry S.; Mintz, Joslyn C.; Owen, Todd M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2013
One limitation of functional communication training (FCT) is that individuals may request reinforcement via the functional communication response (FCR) at exceedingly high rates. Multiple schedules with alternating periods of reinforcement and extinction of the FCR combined with gradually lengthening the extinction-component interval can…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Communication Strategies, Reinforcement, Intervention
Effects of Preference on Verification of Discriminated Mands
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Boelter, Eric W.; Hagopian, Louis P. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
Previous research suggests that motivating operation (MO) manipulations may assist in assessing discriminated manding (Gutierrez et al., 2007). The current study partially replicated and extended previous research by varying access to concurrently available reinforcers with different preference values (i.e., MO manipulations). Manding did not…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Severe Mental Retardation, Mental Retardation, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder